Audition Procedures

Auditions are approximately 15 minutes in length (doctoral auditions are approximately 30 minutes in length). Each applicant chooses a first work and the faculty will choose a second and possibly third work from the audition repertoire list provided by the applicant.

Audition Requirements

Undergraduate

• A major work which demonstrates level of proficiency.
• A Bach transcription.

Graduate

Please Note: Applicants must perform solo works from memory and may be asked to sight-read and take a test of tuning ability. Music may be used for the orchestral works

• Two complete works comparable in difficulty and scope to the Sonata of Hindemith or the Impromptu of Fauré.
• First movement from a standard concerto.
• Cadenza from The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky.
• Entire first harp excerpt of Symphonie fantastique by Berlioz.

Orchestral Performance (Graduate Program)

Get more information on the Orchestral Performance page >

Doctoral and Professional Studies

A full-length recital from contrasting style periods including a work from the 20th century and a standard concerto with applicable cadenzas.